A German physician recommending to a gouty English patient that he take the waters at various spa resorts in Germany and Bohemia. Wood engraving after R. Cleaver.

  • Cleaver, Reginald, active 1894.
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A German physician recommending to a gouty English patient that he take the waters at various spa resorts in Germany and Bohemia. Wood engraving after R. Cleaver. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Dialogue includes: Eminent German specialist. "Vat vaters 'ave you been in ze 'abit of taking?" English gouty patient. "Water! Haven't touched a drop, except with my tea, for the last thirty years!" [Upon which a mild course of Homburg, Kissingen, Marienbad, and Karlsbad is at once prescribed.

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[London]

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1 print : wood engraving

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A matter of "course."

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Wellcome Collection 15666i

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